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Tuesday | April 28, 2015

Baylor students endeavor to aid Nepal
By Kalli Damschen
Staff Writer

The 7.8-magnitude earthquake that
devastated Nepal on Saturday has impacted people worldwide, and Baylor students
are banding together to aid in fundraising
for relief efforts.
As of Monday afternoon, over 4,000
people have been confirmed dead, with an
additional 6,500 injured. The earthquake
was the worst Nepal had experienced in
over 80 years. Since Saturday there have
been more than 100 aftershocks, including
one with a magnitude of 6.7.
The quake also caused devastating
avalanches on Mt. Everest which killed 18
climbers. Three of them were Americans.
A number of international Baylor students are setting up a table in the Baylor
Sciences Building on Tuesday morning to
collect donations for the Red Cross Society
that will directly aid Nepal.
“The Red Cross is really proactive, and
has many people, first responders that go
on the ground and help a lot of people,”
said Swastika Raut, a doctoral candidate in
biology from Nepal who has helped organize the fundraiser.
The international students are also
planning a candlelit vigil for the victims of
the earthquake on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.,
but the location is currently undecided.
“As humanity, we should do something
for crises because we don’t know if this
is going to happen to us tomorrow,” said
Shiva Acharya, a sophomore biochemistry
major who was born in Nepal. “Life is unpredictable, so we should help those who
are in need.”
Acharya and his family moved to Texas

Associated Press

Rescue teams search for bodies on Monday in the collapsed Sitapyla church in Kathmandu, Nepal. A strong earthquake shook Nepal’s
capital and the densely populated Kathmandu Valley on Saturday. The catastrophe has overwhelmed Nepal’s government, with the challenge expected to worsen as the death toll climbs. Four thousand people were confirmed dead Monday.

five years ago, but many of his friends lost
their lives in the earthquake. Others are
still suffering from the limited resources.
“Hunger is really bad,” Acharya said.
“We want to do as much as we can to provide them with food and everything, and
medical kits. Most of the people have physical wounds.”

The earthquake was so severe that
tremors were felt in neighboring China
and India, even though the epicenter of
quake was in the Gorkha district of Nepal.
People worldwide have banded together to send aid to Nepal. Entire villages in
the remote mountainous areas were destroyed by rockslides. Many homes were

destroyed, both in villages and in the capital city of Kathmandu. Homeless refugees
have established tent cities in Kathmandu,
while others are fleeing the city in hopes of
finding a safer area with more resources.
The quake has caused shortages of
food, water and medical supplies. There
have also been electricity outages. Hospi-

Old H-E-B
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By Rebecca Flannery
Staff Writer

Pending a city plan commission meeting at 7 p.m. today,
the former H-E-B on Speight Avenue will be torn down and
replaced with a new apartment complex.
Just one block away from The View, another apartment
complex is proposed to go up in place of the abandoned
H-E-B. Austin-based developer American Campus Communities would build on the newly-designated development
land. The project is estimated to cost $40 million.
Beatriz Wharton, city planner for the city of Waco, said
there was a 7-3 vote during the last planning meeting in favor of making the area sustainable for a new development.
Meeting the maximum allotted height for a building in the
area, the complex is designed to reach 600 feet, or five stories, which is a cause for concern among those voting on
the proposal.
“Three members were concerned about the building
blocking the Baylor skyline,” Wharton said. “However, the

tals are overcrowded and are running out
of space for bodies.
Many important historical and cultural
buildings were also damaged by the earthquake. Famous temples, statues, towers
and squares have all been destroyed.
“Because of the earthquake, Nepal lost
most of its national heritage,” Acharya
said. “We lost almost all of our heritage.”
The United Nations children’s agency
reports that over one million children are
in need of urgent humanitarian assistance.
Political discord within Nepal may add
extra difficulties to relief and rebuilding
efforts, making the international response
more important.
“The thing with disaster and hunger
relief is that there are stages,” said Dr.
Cynthia Harr, a professor in the School
of Social Work. “They’re in the first stage,
which is the emergency of trying to get
people out. The kind of people they need
there now are the people who can do the
searching.”
Shortly after the immediate need for
trained rescue teams, Nepal needs basic
necessities and supplies.
“Soon is the need for water, food, medical help, and depending on the time of
year, shelter and blankets to keep warm,”
Harr said.
Although some people might be eager
to get directly involved with aid efforts, the
need for financial assistance is more dire,
said Joben David, a graduate student from
India pursuing his master’s degree in the
School of Social Work.
“There’s a lot of things in the world that
you say ‘don’t just throw money at it,’ but in

By Shannon Barbour
Reporter

An eerie glow

Kevin Freeman | Lariat Photographer

A shelf cloud looms over campus in the late Tuesday afternoon. Severe weather developed throughout Texas over the weekend and generated up to softball sized hail and a few tornadoes.

This isn’t “Fixer Upper,” but Baylor students are
helping Mission Waco fix up The Clothesline, Mission Waco’s resale shop.
Dr. Rochelle Brunson, Family and consumer
sciences professor, teaches a visual merchandising
and promotion class which proposed several improvements to The Clothesline Monday afternoon
in Goebel Building.
“I loved it,” said Michelle Felkner, manager of
The Clothesline. “They had some really good ideas.
I can’t believe they did it on such a small budget.”
Brunson proposed working with Mission Waco
to her students who were then given a budget of
$500 to make improvements to the downtown
Waco location.
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DALLAS — A band of tornadoes that swept across parts of
rural Texas over the weekend flattened buildings, tore the roofs off
other structures and forced people
to rush for shelter, the National
Weather Service said Monday.
National Weather Service meteorologist Matt Bishop confirmed
Monday that at least eight tornadoes touched down in an area
southwest of Fort Worth late Sunday.
No injuries have been reported.
Vol.115 No. 98

Hail described as the size of
ping pong balls, and larger, showered the area, and several inches of
rain caused flash flooding and inundated roadways.
Storm chasers Spencer Basoco
and Lawrence McEwen were pursuing the storm south of Stephenville on Sunday when 1-inch hail
suddenly gave way to ones measuring 4 inches or more.
Hail shattered in the roadway
ahead of their vehicle but then began striking McEwen’s windshield,
destroying it.
“There was no possible way to

know until it was too late,” Basoco
said.
National Weather Service
forecaster Lamont Bain said earlier Monday that severe weather reached Comanche, Erath,
Somervell, Bosque, Hill and Johnson counties. He said Glen Rose received more than 4 inches of rain.
Part of the Waxahachie police headquarters south of Dallas
flooded as water several inches
deep rushed into the building.
Anita Foster, spokeswoman for
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Associated Press

John Kuethe, owner of Green Acres Farm, surveys the damage to his barn that was partially uprooted, damaging
two tractors and much of the building on Monday. Residents east of Rio Vista clean up after a severe storm system
swept across parts of Texas Sunday night.